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Old 05-03-2012, 03:26 PM
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Sounds like a great build and almost exactly what I've gotten done on my 2004 Touring six speed.

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Engine:
Vortech V3 supercharger (polished) with intercooler
Vortech 3.125 inch supercharger drive pulley
Turbo XS UTEC engine management computer
Intense Motorsports custom polished intake plenum
Motordyne 5/16” iso-thermal intake plenum spacer kit
DeatschWerks 600 cc fuel injectors
Walbro 255 liter per hour fuel pump
DC Sports stainless steel exhaust headers
Crawford Performance hi-flow catalytic converters
Borla stainless steel true dual cat-back exhaust system
Optima yellow top battery
Z-Xtreme grounding kit (silver)
Pi-Thon polished billet power steering, windshield washer and coolant overflow tank caps
Carbon fiber intake plenum, brake and battery covers
Nismo radiator cap & Nismo billet oil cap
Carbon fiber “dipped” mass air sensor intake tube
Autotecknic carbon fiber engine cooling plate
NRG carbon fiber hood struts
Exterior:
Top Secret Engineering carbon fiber front diffuser/spoiler
Veilside Version 1 carbon fiber rear spoiler
Nissan custom hood with cooling vents and protective screens
AUT carbon fiber Z fender logo emblem fillers
Window tint 35% platinum on sides and rear
S2000 Shorty Radio Antenna
NISMO Chrome Gas Cap
NISMO License Frame
Interior:
Autometer dual 52mm pillar gauge pod custom painted to match interior
AEM digital boost gauge
AEM UEGO wideband digital air/fuel gauge
JDM interior foot well lighting kit
Valentine One radar/laser detector hard-wired with custom fabricated mount
SuiteEGrafx carbon fiber finished rear strut bar cover
Momo shoulder harness pads
Forged Performance custom billet stainless steel shift ****
Suspension, Brakes, Wheels and Tires:
Hotchkis Stage 1 Suspension kit – F/R coils springs and F/R rear sway bars
EBC Sport dimpled and slotted brake rotors
Stop-Tech stainless steel brake lines
Hawk HPS brake pads
Powder coated brake calipers (mirror red) with JVD 350 Z graphics (silver)
I-Forged Performance Alloys - 3 piece forged 19" Aero's - 8.5" wide front & 10" rear
Goodyear 19" F1 GS-D3 in 235/35ZR19 front & 275/30ZR19 rear

Right now I'm putting down 379 HP at the rear wheels on a very conservative dyno.

Good luck with your build and let me know if you hit your 400 WHP mark.
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Old 05-03-2012, 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Ruthless18x
Congrats man. Should be an awesome and stable build.
Thanks, yeah its a daily driver for now.

Originally Posted by onagao
I actually just began a very, VERY similar build on my 2006. Good luck, man. I know exactly how you must be feeling right about now

... And am I the only one who noticed that Vortech misspelled "Infiniti" on the instruction manual?
The 06s have the rev-up motors though. if i put this same build on a rev-up motor i would be around ~460whp. im thinking it will make like 400-420whp.

and yeah i didnt notice that, i will have to take a look at that when i go down to the shop tomorrow. progress picturess will be up tomorrow as well.
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Originally Posted by Crasez
Sounds like a great build and almost exactly what I've gotten done on my 2004 Touring six speed.

See list below:

Engine:
Vortech V3 supercharger (polished) with intercooler
Vortech 3.125 inch supercharger drive pulley
Turbo XS UTEC engine management computer
Intense Motorsports custom polished intake plenum
Motordyne 5/16” iso-thermal intake plenum spacer kit
DeatschWerks 600 cc fuel injectors
Walbro 255 liter per hour fuel pump
DC Sports stainless steel exhaust headers
Crawford Performance hi-flow catalytic converters
Borla stainless steel true dual cat-back exhaust system
Optima yellow top battery
Z-Xtreme grounding kit (silver)
Pi-Thon polished billet power steering, windshield washer and coolant overflow tank caps
Carbon fiber intake plenum, brake and battery covers
Nismo radiator cap & Nismo billet oil cap
Carbon fiber “dipped” mass air sensor intake tube
Autotecknic carbon fiber engine cooling plate
NRG carbon fiber hood struts
Exterior:
Top Secret Engineering carbon fiber front diffuser/spoiler
Veilside Version 1 carbon fiber rear spoiler
Nissan custom hood with cooling vents and protective screens
AUT carbon fiber Z fender logo emblem fillers
Window tint 35% platinum on sides and rear
S2000 Shorty Radio Antenna
NISMO Chrome Gas Cap
NISMO License Frame
Interior:
Autometer dual 52mm pillar gauge pod custom painted to match interior
AEM digital boost gauge
AEM UEGO wideband digital air/fuel gauge
JDM interior foot well lighting kit
Valentine One radar/laser detector hard-wired with custom fabricated mount
SuiteEGrafx carbon fiber finished rear strut bar cover
Momo shoulder harness pads
Forged Performance custom billet stainless steel shift ****
Suspension, Brakes, Wheels and Tires:
Hotchkis Stage 1 Suspension kit – F/R coils springs and F/R rear sway bars
EBC Sport dimpled and slotted brake rotors
Stop-Tech stainless steel brake lines
Hawk HPS brake pads
Powder coated brake calipers (mirror red) with JVD 350 Z graphics (silver)
I-Forged Performance Alloys - 3 piece forged 19" Aero's - 8.5" wide front & 10" rear
Goodyear 19" F1 GS-D3 in 235/35ZR19 front & 275/30ZR19 rear

Right now I'm putting down 379 HP at the rear wheels on a very conservative dyno.

Good luck with your build and let me know if you hit your 400 WHP mark.
Nice man! i have the borla on there now but i hate it. It doesnt flow with the rest of my car. I think it looks and sounds too stock for my taste. But for performance borla is an A+ no doubt. I went with the Ark Grip exhaust. I love that it has an X-pipe in it. and yeah 379whp on forged's dyno is pretty nice. I should be able to hit 400 no problem. Two great shops we have building our cars. What boost level are you running at? even though i have a slightly smaller pulley.
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Old 05-05-2012, 10:51 AM
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subd. GL with the build man. I'm gonna be doing pretty much the same in a year or so.
Old 05-05-2012, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by lillong1991
Nice man! i have the borla on there now but i hate it. It doesnt flow with the rest of my car. I think it looks and sounds too stock for my taste. But for performance borla is an A+ no doubt. I went with the Ark Grip exhaust. I love that it has an X-pipe in it. and yeah 379whp on forged's dyno is pretty nice. I should be able to hit 400 no problem. Two great shops we have building our cars. What boost level are you running at? even though i have a slightly smaller pulley.
Basrd on my AEM boost gauge the highest I seem to be getting is 8 lbs of boost.

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Old 05-05-2012, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Crasez
Basrd on my AEM boost gauge the highest I seem to be getting is 8 lbs of boost.
Damn! Thats it! I thought for sure it would be higher. I have those same gauges. I was taking to frank hill today and told him about your car. he said that fordge's dyno reads exactly 11% lower then his dyno. So i did the math and 379 came out to be 420whp on his dyno. I got kinda scared that your boost pressure would be over or around 10psi. your car is pretty impressive. So now im thinking i will be in the 430whp to 440whp range based on my build list. I have a slightly bigger pulley which will make ~9psi compared to your 8psi. frank just wants to keep it under 10psi. also i notice that you dont have a fuel return system or an Uprev GT MAF. Guess you dont need them. I just got them to be safe. Also what kind of gas were you tuned on? im guessing 93oct due to the region your car was built at.

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Old 05-05-2012, 08:42 PM
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Good luck with the final product!! Its in good hands at hills.
Old 05-06-2012, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by lillong1991
Damn! Thats it! I thought for sure it would be higher. I have those same gauges. I was taking to frank hill today and told him about your car. he said that fordge's dyno reads exactly 11% lower then his dyno. So i did the math and 379 came out to be 420whp on his dyno. I got kinda scared that your boost pressure would be over or around 10psi. your car is pretty impressive. So now im thinking i will be in the 430whp to 440whp range based on my build list. I have a slightly bigger pulley which will make ~9psi compared to your 8psi. frank just wants to keep it under 10psi. also i notice that you dont have a fuel return system or an Uprev GT MAF. Guess you dont need them. I just got them to be safe. Also what kind of gas were you tuned on? im guessing 93oct due to the region your car was built at.
You're right - no fuel return although I've thought about adding it later.

Using premium pump unleaded at 93 octane as you thought.

I am thinking as I get to drive it more with the new installation I may get upi to about 9 psi boost when I really let it wind out but like you I'm happy to stay in that 8 or 9 range as I don't want to have to rebuild the block any time soon.

I knew the Forged dyno has a rep as "the heartbreaker" but did not guess it was conservative to the point of about 11%.

I alway thought if I ended up at 380 to 390 I would be happy so I have no complaints even with the more conservative number.

Let me know how your dyno run comes out.

By the way - -I like that ARK exhaust you installed.

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Originally Posted by Crasez
You're right - no fuel return although I've thought about adding it later.

Using premium pump unleaded at 93 octane as you thought.

I am thinking as I get to drive it more with the new installation I may get upi to about 9 psi boost when I really let it wind out but like you I'm happy to stay in that 8 or 9 range as I don't want to have to rebuild the block any time soon.

I knew the Forged dyno has a rep as "the heartbreaker" but did not guess it was conservative to the point of about 11%.

I alway thought if I ended up at 380 to 390 I would be happy so I have no complaints even with the more conservative number.

Let me know how your dyno run comes out.

By the way - -I like that ARK exhaust you installed.
The reason why im doing the fuel return system now is because it will save time and money in the future if i ever decide i want more power. when you add a fuel return system the fuel maps need to be completely changed so it will save money in tuning time.

Yeah your 380 is 420 to me since we are on different dynos so you made really good numbers. I dont necessary care what power it makes as long as i stay under ten pounds of boost. if you make more power on less boost it just means that you have a build that your build is more efficient.

yeah i had the borla exhaust and hated everything about it. it was too stock for me. it look and sounded too stock for my taste. the look of it wasnt as aggressive as the rest of my car. i have not even heard my car yet since the install. question for you, can you hear the by-pass valve when your driving it?

And numbers will be up as soon as the car gets off the dyno. should be sometime later this week.
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Nice S/C build list op! In for results!
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Originally Posted by BornSlippyZ
Nice S/C build list op! In for results!
Thanks, pulley is going to the machine shop tomorrow so once thats done all there is to do it put it on the dyno and see what kind of power it makes. I think im gonna go down to hill's on wednesday and take some more pictures to update everybody.
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Originally Posted by lillong1991
The reason why im doing the fuel return system now is because it will save time and money in the future if i ever decide i want more power. when you add a fuel return system the fuel maps need to be completely changed so it will save money in tuning time.

Yeah your 380 is 420 to me since we are on different dynos so you made really good numbers. I dont necessary care what power it makes as long as i stay under ten pounds of boost. if you make more power on less boost it just means that you have a build that your build is more efficient.

yeah i had the borla exhaust and hated everything about it. it was too stock for me. it look and sounded too stock for my taste. the look of it wasnt as aggressive as the rest of my car. i have not even heard my car yet since the install. question for you, can you hear the by-pass valve when your driving it?

And numbers will be up as soon as the car gets off the dyno. should be sometime later this week.

I do hear the by-pass valve when I back off the throttle.
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Originally Posted by Crasez
I do hear the by-pass valve when I back off the throttle.
Man i cant wait to get my car back and just drive it...
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I'm in to see the results...Looks good so far!
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Saw your car on the rack at hills pretty clean.

Curious to see your numbers.

If you want a friendly run with JWT TT since im getting franks kit with new turbos im down.
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Originally Posted by 350zfan1
Saw your car on the rack at hills pretty clean.

Curious to see your numbers.

If you want a friendly run with JWT TT since im getting franks kit with new turbos im down.
thanks man. When did you see it? and how far was he? im going down tomorrow to look at it.

yeah i can't wait to see what it puts down

UGH so mad at you! haha I wanted that deal that he was offering for his kit! and yeah im always down for a friendly challenge. which car is yours?
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Originally Posted by lillong1991
thanks man. When did you see it? and how far was he? im going down tomorrow to look at it.

yeah i can't wait to see what it puts down

UGH so mad at you! haha I wanted that deal that he was offering for his kit! and yeah im always down for a friendly challenge. which car is yours?
^^^^^^^^^^^

Saw it today actually frank had did a ton of work and is waiting on your custom pulley all in all looks good.

He was saying it should do well on the dyno frank always humble about his and frank the tuners work though.

Mine is a silver track edition with full V3 nismo factory kit on it , WP PRO BBK , full motordyne exhaust.

Had to hop on his deal no one offers that ever... im scheduled as soon as you leave lol .... hurry the hell up.
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Originally Posted by 350zfan1
^^^^^^^^^^^

Saw it today actually frank had did a ton of work and is waiting on your custom pulley all in all looks good.

He was saying it should do well on the dyno frank always humble about his and frank the tuners work though.

Mine is a silver track edition with full V3 nismo factory kit on it , WP PRO BBK , full motordyne exhaust.

Had to hop on his deal no one offers that ever... im scheduled as soon as you leave lol .... hurry the hell up.
was the intercooler and supercharger on the car yet?

yeah man im hoping for 430-440whp. yeah he is a very cool guy, excellent work. he is a perfectionist, if the car isnt done to the quality that he would do on his own car he wont let them leave the shop until they are.

ill have to take a look at your car tomorrow then.

yeah man, i contacted him about it and he told me that someone already put a deposite on it. and man trust me i want my car back as much as you want my car to leave. haha
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